Purvis’ turtle
Myuchelys purvisi (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
Status not recordedturtles and tortoises
The purvis’ turtle (Myuchelys purvisi) is a species in the family Chelidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults live up to 26.5 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
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Quick facts about the purvis’ turtle
- Weight
- up to 1.75 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 26.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 69 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 15.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the purvis’ turtle live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The purvis’ turtle is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the purvis’ turtle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the purvis’ turtle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderTestudines
- familyChelidae
- genusMyuchelys
- SpeciesMyuchelys purvisi (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
Synonyms Elseya purvisi, Flaviemys purvisi, Myuchelys purvisi, Myuchelys purvisis
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- Manning river Sawshelled turtleEnglish
- Manning river snapping turtleEnglish
- Manning river turtleEnglish
- Purvis' snapping turtleEnglish
Relatives of the purvis’ turtle
Other species in the same genus Myuchelys.
Sawshelled turtle
Myuchelys latisternum
Georges’ turtle
Myuchelys georgesi
Bell's turtle
Myuchelys bellii
ComparePurvis’ turtle vs Sawshelled turtlePurvis’ turtle vs Georges’ turtlePurvis’ turtle vs Bell's turtle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the purvis’ turtle live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the purvis’ turtle for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
How long does the purvis’ turtle live?
The purvis’ turtle has a recorded lifespan of 26.5 years.
What kind of animal is the purvis’ turtle?
The purvis’ turtle (Myuchelys purvisi) belongs to the family Chelidae in the order Testudines.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4
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